USA: Poetry; 11; Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders
- Series
- USA: Poetry
- Episode Number
- 11
- Episode
- Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders
- Producing Organization
- KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-106wwtgx
- Public Broadcasting Service Series NOLA
- UPTR 000107
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Frank O'Hara belongs, with Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery, to the "New York Poets" group. His work is characterized by acid wit. Ed Sanders is publisher of an underground literary magazine, a pacifist and leader of a rock and roll group known as "The Fugs." Both poets challenge the prevailing prejudices of our society. For Ed Sanders, this has already led to some legal difficulties. Frank O'Hara has also written for the theater and for experimental films. Born in 1926 in Baltimore and a Harvard graduate, Frank O'Hara has published four volume of poetry. Ed Sanders was born in Missouri in 1940 and currently lives in New York's lower East side, where he operates the Peace Eye Bookshop. Filmed there and at Astor Place Theater where "The Fugs" perform, he reads an excerpt from his long poem "Cemetery Hill."
- Series Description
- USA: Poetry is part of an assessment of the state of the literary arts in the United States, which concentrates on contemporary poets, with the opening episode on the late William Carlos Williams serving as an introduction to programs that follow. The 14 half-hour episodes that comprise the series were originally recorded on film.
- Description
- This episode focuses on Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders. Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Frank O'Hara belongs, with Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery, to the "New York Poets" group. His work is characterized by acid wit. Ed Sanders is publisher of an underground literary magazine, a pacifist and leader of a rock and roll group known as "The Fugs". Both poets challenge the prevailing prejudices of our society. For Ed Sanders this has already led to some legal difficulties. Frank O'Hara has also written for the theater, and for experimental films. Born in 1926 in Baltimore, and a Harvard graduate, Frank O'Hara has published four volumes of poetry.Ed Sanders was born in Missouri in 1940, and currently lives in New York's lower East Side, where he operates the Peace Eye Bookshop. Filmed there and at the Astor Place Theater where "The Fugs" perform, he reads an excerpt from his long poem "Cemetery Hill."
- Broadcast Date
- 1966-08-28
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Performance
- Documentary
- Topics
- Literature
- Biography
- Rights
- Copyright National Educational Television & Radio Center August 28, 1966
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Executive Producer:
Howard, Brice
Interviewee: Sanders, Ed
Interviewee: O'Hara, Frank
Performer: Sanders, Ed
Performer: O'Hara, Frank
Producer: Moore, Richard
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_18891 (WNET Archive)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:29:13
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_32306 (WNET)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Master
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_7440 (WNET Archive)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Master
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “USA: Poetry; 11; Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders,” 1966-08-28, Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 14, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-106wwtgx.
- MLA: “USA: Poetry; 11; Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders.” 1966-08-28. Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 14, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-106wwtgx>.
- APA: USA: Poetry; 11; Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-106wwtgx